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Yeah I would say censorship is a first world problem... and I think it should be seen as a negative thing since all it does is let grown ups act like children about words and visual themes while thinking they are protecting someone.

Good luck with the petition, I hope it does change something, I certainly wouldnt buy this game if they did that kind of change as I prefer to play games with mature visual themes, definitely dont want to play a game that is obviously limiting my experience to what in their eyes will allow them to make a better profit, cant blame them as they are a company... but I also dont have to pay them.

I cant say I never play games that do this but I'm already between "hhmmm yes...no....yes" on buying this game.

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I don't understand why they don't just have Bluehole add parental controls to the game, with an option to turn the blood off. Seems like that would be the most logical way of handling the situation. People who want blood get it, and people who don't want it for themselves or their kids can remove it. Everybody's happy with that solution!

Then again, that would require logic on the part of the publishers & censors, and involvement on the part of the parents, neither of which is reasonable to expect in this day and age.

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I don't think you understand what censorship is. This isn't a government forcing them to change their content, Frogster made that decision themselves to enlarge their market. You can argue that the ratings board is a government agency, but its sole reason for existence is to accurately describe content so parents can make informed purchasing decisions and keep more adult content out of the hands of children. They can't force Frogster to change anything, they can't prevent Frogster from bringing a product to market; all they can do is label it.

This is all about money, and Frogster determined that the sales lost from reducing blood, nudity, or whatever they're removing will be eclipsed by the number of sales they gain from a larger pool of potential customers. It's not a conspiracy or totalitarianism, it's just plain old business.

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I am not a fan of Frogster what so ever ,i actually despise them however...

This has mixed reactions,although i know Frogster's ONLY concern is to reach a wider audience to make more money,i personally have no problem with them making a game that allows a younger audience,afterall it is gaming not a strip club.

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Voluntarily scaling back potentially offensive graphics on your own products in order to get a game rated as being less offensive is not censorship. They could have left the blood in and just got a different rating. Censorship is when the government comes in and says, you can't do that at all.

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I guess when they censored the Elin race, it wasn't removing objectionable content. I guess when they changed the hell out of SNES - PS1 era games it wasn't censorship. I'll do you the favor of saving you guys $60 and tell you the game is bad anyways, just tell them you boycotted the game for censorship of Elin and blood. Wait a few weeks and see all the bad player reviews of the game.

EU regions have had huge problems involving games with blood. With many not coming out or being heavily censored, yes censored.

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Originally posted by Jenuviel

I don't think you understand what censorship is. This isn't a government forcing them to change their content, Frogster made that decision themselves to enlarge their market. You can argue that the ratings board is a government agency, but its sole reason for existence is to accurately describe content so parents can make informed purchasing decisions and keep more adult content out of the hands of children. They can't force Frogster to change anything, they can't prevent Frogster from bringing a product to market; all they can do is label it.

This is all about money, and Frogster determined that the sales lost from reducing blood, nudity, or whatever they're removing will be eclipsed by the number of sales they gain from a larger pool of potential customers. It's not a conspiracy or totalitarianism, it's just plain old business.

As someone else already pointed out in this thread it seems that you are the one who has a misguided concept of what censorship means.

Also after reading your additional input on the subject in contrast of what I wrote, I really doubt you read my original post.

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Originally posted by Starpower

Meanwhile in Ethiopia ....

No one cares. What's funny are people who decry this kinda stuff as if it is a 'first world problem' and then turn around and spend $15 a month for an MMORPG, $500 to upgrade your computer, $50 for a new game, or any amount of money on countless other things that people in a first world country have the benefit of purchasing. You all are nothing but a bunch of hypocrites, which is far worse than people who simply don't care about what's going on in 'enter random 3rd world country'.

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Originally posted by ice-vortex

Originally posted by Starpower

Meanwhile in Ethiopia ....

No one cares. What's funny are people who decry this kinda stuff as if it is a 'first world problem' and then turn around and spend $15 a month for an MMORPG, $500 to upgrade your computer, $50 for a new game, or any amount of money on countless other things that people in a first world country have the benefit of purchasing. You all are nothing but a bunch of hypocrites, which is far worse than people who simply don't care about what's going on in 'enter random 3rd world country'.

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Originally posted by wilberg

first world problems

Every time an idiot makes this "witty" little comment, I have to ask why that idiot is on a gaming board, or any forum board at all, instead of taking his Captain Save-a-Ho ass out and fixing those "other" problems?

-Letting Derek Smart work on your game is like letting Osama bin Laden work in the White House. Something will burn.--And on the 8th day, man created God.-

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"We dont solve this problem because somebody at the other end of the planet has a bigger problem"

So can you actually help that guy at the other end of the planet ?

It's meant to put things into context. For instance to provoke the thought. "is this really a problem?" Obviously he thinks it is but is it really? Maybe people do need to put their life into perspective before complaining about inconsequential things like blood in a video game.